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AIBU?

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AIMBU to uninvite a so called friend to my wedding???

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benbon · 05/07/2008 21:59

ok this is a long post,

i have a so called friend that is so unreliable will only do things if they benefit her for example if she arranges a night out she will go but if anyone else arranges the night she will say she cant go then go out the night before.
we all try to arrange girls nights for birthdays with a meal at the chinese and she will (if were lucky) come out to the pub after accept drinks from us but never buy one in return.

another major thing she did is when one of our friends moved back in october last year she said she would buy her fridge freezer, she never gave her a penny always told friend she was skint then would proceed to buy herself new shoes or dvd's we only managed to get her to pay the money was to tell her that myself and my partner had brought the debt from our friend (so that she could buy the kids essentials).

said friend then paid us back within 1 week whilst she had been fobbing of our other friend for over 6 months.

she also told us that she couldnt afford to come on my hen do then booked a holiday to medira for the weekend before my hen do.

today was my childs birthday party so i paid for all children and brought party bags and she didnt turn up.

so ive just sent her a message saying that it would of been nice to know she wasnt coming then i could of saved myself some money. i also said as i cannot affor to lose £80 if she doesnt turn up to the wedding perhaps it would be better if her and her partner just came to the evening.

to which she has just replied that i should understand that she is a single mother, and that they wont come to the wedding at all and to use the money ill save to buy ourselves a drink...

i replied saying that i understand that she has money troubles but that she is not the only one

she has replied saying my arrogance is amazing and that they are not coming to my wedding and i can take that as a definate...

so AIBU?

sorry that is so long

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SpaceHopperHayls · 24/07/2008 15:32

Obviously you have other reasons that you haven't elaborated on, so I am not going to say that you are being unreasonable.

HOWEVER, (and that is a big fat however), a text message? Really? Is that the best way to approach someone you consider to be a friend about something that will potentially ruin a friendship? I hate the way that people use texts to avoid saying something that would be really awkward in person. (Sorry, benbon, that isn't aimed solely at you, it is a general opinion.)

HonoriaGlossop · 24/07/2008 15:39

well you and your friends obviously hate this woman so why worry? She's not a friend, is she? She's someone you dislike....

cornsilk · 24/07/2008 15:42

why did she have to buy your mate a fridge freezer?

wheresthehamster · 24/07/2008 15:42

All her excuses are to do with money. She obviously feels she just can't come out and admit she has to prioritise her spending.

benbon · 25/07/2008 18:47

she didnt have to buy my friend a fridge freezer, she wanted to buy our friends one off of her...

she just didnt want to pay for it.

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Thisismynewname · 25/07/2008 19:51

Benbon - charlie4 has only ever posted under that name today, how do you know who she is??

cornsilk · 25/07/2008 21:17

Oh I see!

benbon · 26/07/2008 00:04

charlie 4 is one of my bestest buddies... i knew instantly who it is...

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QueenyEisGotTheBall · 26/07/2008 00:40

hi your situation sounds exactly like my own 12 months ago!!
i have a very unreliable 'friend' (who i am still in contact with) who spends alot of her time (then and now) engrossed in her own situations and not showing any interest in anyone elses lives. me and DH got married last august and july was a very busy time for us (as you will know for yourself) during this time she chose to go on and on about how unsupportive i was being to her for her boob job she had had 2 months earlier (i spent alot of my time helping her with her 2 kids when she came home from brussels where she had the boob job done) i had petered her about the rsvp for the sit down meal we had and she said 2 weeks before that she and her DP were definitely coming but would be bringing her 2 kids (it was a no kiddies affair which promptly changed to a 9 kids including my DD affair) so in good faith me and DH paid an extra £56 and arranged the seating accordingly ordered their meals etc and extra drinks in the drinks package only for them to not bother even turning up her excuse was she had a bill to pay the week before and didnt want to leave herself short. if she had told us the week before when she knew she wouldnt have been coming we might have been able to arrange something but her thoughtlessness left us with 4 extra meals, a table for 8 with only 3 people sat at it and me rather annoyed as all i could think about while i was trying to eat my meal was how badly thought of i must be by my 'friend' to have just not even bothered to send an 89p card to acknowledge our wedding!!! funnily enough i am godmother to her DS aswell so the situation could have been scarily similar if she had been given the opportunity to turn up at your wedding!!
congrats on your wedding BTW
xx ei xx

Thisismynewname · 26/07/2008 12:05

That's interesting Benbon - because it almost looks as though you changed your name to ressurect this thread and defend yourself. But if you say that charlie4 is real then I guess she is real

wheresthehamster · 26/07/2008 12:15

I love the comment "I don't know in what world a party bag costs £1.30"

In the REAL world

(Although £1.30 is 30p over my own top budget)

benbon · 27/07/2008 04:30

looks like i made the right choice queeny,

im sorry to hear your friend did the same to you. how do you 2 get on now?

in answer to your question new name why on earth would i want to ressurect this thread. everyone has told me iabu so that would be a bloody stupid thing to do..

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